Fungal Diversity
Editorial service that advances careers and strengthens mycology
Editor Benefits
Serving as an editor for JFD offers professional recognition, thought leadership, and direct engagement with the most current research in fungal diversity.
Professional Advantages
Visibility
Your editorial role is listed on the journal site, highlighting your expertise in fungal diversity.
Networking
Collaborate with global researchers, guest editors, and reviewers across taxonomy, ecology, and applied mycology.
Insight
Engage with cutting edge research and gain early visibility into emerging methods and applications.
Impact
Shape publication standards and improve the quality of research shared by the community.
Why Editors Matter
Editors safeguard scientific quality by ensuring that studies report collection metadata, diagnostic characters, and analytical methods with sufficient transparency. This helps the mycology community distinguish between preliminary findings and robust, reproducible outcomes.
By guiding peer review and providing decision rationale, editors help authors strengthen their work and improve its practical value for conservation, agriculture, and applied research teams. Editorial service is a direct contribution to the credibility and growth of the field.
Service Expectations
Review Oversight
- Recommend qualified reviewers
- Assess reviewer feedback
- Summarize key issues
- Support fair decisions
- Ensure technical clarity
Timely Actions
- Respond to assignments promptly
- Track review deadlines
- Communicate with editors
- Guide revision cycles
- Keep authors informed
Ethical Standards
- Disclose conflicts early
- Maintain confidentiality
- Flag potential misconduct
- Uphold journal policies
- Protect author rights
Recognition and Support
Editorial acknowledgment: Editors are recognized in journal communications and special issue promotions.
Professional development: Editorial service strengthens leadership credentials for promotion, grant applications, and industry partnerships.
Waiver opportunities: Editors may receive APC discounts in accordance with journal policy.
Professional Value
Editorial service demonstrates commitment to scientific quality and positions you as a trusted evaluator of research. It provides leadership experience that can strengthen promotion cases, grant leadership roles, and collaboration opportunities with industry and academic partners working in fungal science. Service is recognized in editor spotlights and annual acknowledgments when available.
Editors also gain early insight into emerging themes and may be invited to lead special issue planning when opportunities arise. Regular interaction with reviewer networks strengthens professional visibility and creates opportunities for cross institutional collaboration over time and mentorship.
Apply to Join the Editorial Team
Share your expertise and help guide the future of fungal diversity research.
